[LM_NET] TECH: Laptop Shut-down Question

[Gordon Walter <gordonwalter@MCHSI.COM>]

Is it safe to simply close out all of your open programs on a Vista 
laptop and then close the lid to put it to sleep?
I have been doing this lately rather than going through the standard 
shutting down process by going to the Start icon and selecting "Turn 
Off" the computer.
This method seems to put the laptop into hibernation....and makes 
startup quick and easy.
If there is no harm in doing this, how often should the laptop be 
rebooted?  Once a week?  My wife uses her iMac several times a day and 
reboots only when absolutely necessary--possibly once a month.
Can a new Vista laptop be treated with the same nonchalance?

-- 
Gordon Walter
Retired AGWSR School Librarian
101 Hilltop Drive
Ackley, Iowa  50601
Tel:  641-847-3315
Email:  gordonwalter@mchsi.com


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